American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AXL) insider Alberto L. Satine sold 25,349 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.01, for a total transaction of $380,488.49. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Shares of American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AXL) traded down $0.66 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $14.77. 2,830,000 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,510,000. The company has a market capitalization of $1,640.00, a P/E ratio of 4.78, a PEG ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.58, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.28. American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $13.38 and a fifty-two week high of $20.77.

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American Axle & Manufact. (NYSE:AXL) last announced its earnings results on Friday, February 16th. The auto parts company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.13. American Axle & Manufact. had a net margin of 5.38% and a return on equity of 32.04%. The business had revenue of $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.72 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.59 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 83.2% on a year-over-year basis. equities research analysts predict that American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc. will post 3.56 EPS for the current year.

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AXL. Deutsche Bank AG grew its stake in shares of American Axle & Manufact. by 240.9% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 4,679,598 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $79,692,000 after acquiring an additional 3,307,056 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. grew its stake in shares of American Axle & Manufact. by 22.4% during the fourth quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 12,973,513 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $220,939,000 after acquiring an additional 2,372,920 shares during the last quarter. Levin Capital Strategies L.P. grew its stake in shares of American Axle & Manufact. by 87.1% during the fourth quarter. Levin Capital Strategies L.P. now owns 3,547,537 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $60,415,000 after acquiring an additional 1,651,735 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of American Axle & Manufact. by 24.9% during the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,061,535 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $124,142,000 after acquiring an additional 1,407,426 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC grew its stake in shares of American Axle & Manufact. by 33.1% during the third quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 5,003,677 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $87,964,000 after acquiring an additional 1,243,914 shares during the last quarter.

A number of equities research analysts have commented on AXL shares. Morgan Stanley restated an “underweight” rating and set a $16.00 target price (up previously from $11.00) on shares of American Axle & Manufact. in a research note on Tuesday, December 5th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $21.00 target price on shares of American Axle & Manufact. in a report on Friday, February 23rd. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of American Axle & Manufact. from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 2nd. ValuEngine lowered shares of American Axle & Manufact. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $25.00 target price on shares of American Axle & Manufact. in a report on Sunday, January 21st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. The stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $19.75.

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American Axle & Manufact. Company Profile

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc (AAM) manufactures, engineers, designs and validates driveline and drivetrain systems and related components and chassis modules for light trucks, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles, passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Its driveline and drivetrain systems include components that transfer power from the transmission and deliver it to the drive wheels.